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UN official condemns attack on humanitarian worker in South Sudan
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
New York [US], December 21 (ANI/Xinhua): The United Nations top relief envoy in South Sudan Monday condemned the targeted attack on a UN World Food Programme (WFP) convoy, and the murder of an UN-contracted aid worker and injury of another.
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UN needs USD 220 million per month to feed Afghans, says WFP
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Rome [Italy], December 15 (ANI): The World Food Programme (WFP) on Tuesday said that the UN needs USD 220 million per month to feed 23 million Afghans.
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Severe cash crunch threatens WFP operations in Ethiopia
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Addis Ababa [Ethiopia], December 7 (ANI): Millions of people in Ethiopia could be pushed deeper into hunger as the World Food Programme (WFP) faces a major funding shortfall that threatens its operations there over the coming six months, the UN agency warned on Monday.
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9.4 million people 'living their worst nightmare' in northern Ethiopia due
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Addis Ababa [Ethiopia], November 27 (ANI) The number of people in need of humanitarian food assistance across northern Ethiopia has spiked as a direct result of ongoing conflict, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) said on Friday.
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WFP urges global communities to provide humanitarian assistance to Afghani
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], November 12 (ANI): Following the Taliban takeover and deteriorating economy, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) urged global communities to provide humanitarian assistance to the people of Afghanistan.
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Taliban discuss Afghanistan situation with UN Food Programme chief
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], November 8 (ANI): The Taliban's interim government's Deputy Prime Minister Abdul Salam Hanafi met with David Beasley, the Chief of the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) in Kabul and discussed the Afghanistan situation, Sputnik reported citing Taliban spokesperson
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UN warns 3 million more now 'teetering on the edge of famine'
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
New York [US], November 8 (ANI): The UN World Food Programme (WFP) warned on Monday that the number of people teetering on the edge of famine in 43 countries, has risen to 45 million as acute hunger spikes around the world.
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Madagascar reports 'pockets of famine', risks grow for children: WFP
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
New York [US], November 3 (ANI): "Pockets of famine" have now been reported in Southern Madagascar, the UN World Food Programme (WFP) said on Tuesday.
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Displaced families in northeast Nigeria 'knocking on door of starvation':
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Abuja [Nigeria], October 16 (ANI): Displaced families in Nigeria's northeast are "knocking on the door of starvation", the UN World Food Programme (WFP) said on Friday.
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Afghan economy on verge of collapse under Taliban: WFP Official
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], October 7 (ANI/Sputnik): The economic situation in post-war Afghanistan under the Taliban government continues to deteriorate, Mary-Ellen McGroarty, country director at World Food Programme (WFP) in Kabul, said on Wednesday.
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Job losses, soaring prices creating new class of hungry in Afghanistan: UN
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], September 24 (ANI): Job losses, lack of cash and soaring prices are creating a new class of hungry in Afghanistan, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has warned on Thursday.
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First humanitarian flight to Kabul marks 'turning point' in crisis: WFP
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], September 15 (ANI): The return of humanitarian flights to Kabul since the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan is a turning point in the crisis, the UN World Food Programme (WFP) said on Tuesday.
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